Ridiculous L'Oréal Ad Stars Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Jane Fonda And Just About Everyone Else
- This new French L'Oréal ad is like celebrity spokesmodel whack-a-mole. We spy Beyoncé, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Freida Pinto, Claudia Schiffer, Rachel Weisz, and Jane Fonda... It's funny to watch them all say, "Parce que vous le valez bien." [YouTube]
Emily Blunt Is Not One Of Those Hollywood Types
"The business is all about gush and hype. You never have a bad meeting in L.A. They always say, 'You're amazing, you're so funny.'" So says Emily Blunt in January's issue of Harper's Bazzar UK. An actual cynic in Hollywood!
Harper's Bazaar And Katy Perry Riff On Iconic 50s Vogue
- Katy Perry, shot by Alexi Lubomirski for the subscriber cover of the new Harper's Bazaar, looks gorgeous, if a bit crusty-lipped. She also looks a lot like Jean Patchett on the iconic Erwin Blumenfeld Vogue cover from January, 1950. [JustJared]
Lindsay Poses For Teen Oligarch Fashion Line
- Lindsay Lohan is leaving rehab today for a very special reason: to shoot a campaign for Kira Plastinina, the bankrupt-but-now-revived fashion label designed by a Russian orange juice oligarch's teen daughter. Remember when Lindsay did campaigns for Miu Miu? [TMZ]
Proof That Ladymags Cater To Designers Who Advertise
Here is an internal Harper's Bazaar document that lists the brands to feature in upcoming editorial spreads, ranked according to priority — and helpfully divided between "Advertisers" and "Non-Advertisers." This is how your ladymag sausage gets made.
Miranda Kerr Poses Nude And Pregnant For W [NSFW]
- Miranda Kerr was photographed nude at six and a half months pregnant by Patrick Demarchelier. She told W magazine she realized she was knocked up the day she shot her Jil Sander campaign. Full pic below. [Fashionologie]
Dov Charney Doesn't Want Your Help With American Apparel, Thank You
- American Apparel is struggling along. But in addition to its other problems, it is facing a "cash crunch." Dov Charney is reluctant to sell to more outside investors, however, because he wants to hold onto his 53% majority stake. [NYPost]
Amy Winehouse's Line For Fred Perry Is, Predictably, A Mess
- Amy Winehouse's line for Fred Perry is out, and the clothes look a little like the kind of argyle-tastic thing André 3000's girlfriend would have worn to go boating in 2003. Only shorter. [Yeeeah]
Madonna's 1991 Letter To Steven Meisel, Unearthed
- Madonna thought the legendary photographer was angry at her, maybe "because I'm still nice to Herb Ritts??" She was making A League Of Their Own at the time, and wrote about how much she hated actresses — particularly Geena Davis:
Michelle Obama Gives Another Ladymag Interview
- Michelle Obama is in Harper's Bazaar, a magazine that once creepily hired Tyra Banks to impersonate her. Obama wore her own clothes for the shoot, and she talks about wearing "a little tutu fairy costume" for a childhood production:
Christina Hendricks' Body Is Endlessly Fascinating, Isn't It?
"Women hit on me. My husband thinks it's so odd that so many women hit on me," Christina Hendricks says in the November issue of Bazaar.
How Many Black Models Were In The September Issues?
In fall 2007, WWD and The New York Times published pieces about the absence of black models on the fashion runways. We did our own tally of black models in fashion magazines, and came up with some shocking statistics.
Aniston Poses As Streisand In Harper's Bazaar
In Harper's Bazaar's September issue, Jennifer Aniston says, "People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't." Actually, we weren't laughing at Jen before, but the accompanying Barbra Streisand-inspired photo shoot makes it hard not to.

